Blood- Mind Map
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- Created on: 01-10-17 13:51
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- Blood
- Transports materials around the body and protects against disease
- Cells
- Red blood cells
- Transport oxygen
- From the lungs to tissues
- Efficient because...
- Huge numbers
- Tiny- they can pass through narrow capillaries
- Flattened disc shape
- Increased surface area
- Rapid diffusion of oxygen
- Increased surface area
- Contain haemoglobin
- Absorbs oxygen in the lungs and releases oxygen in the rest of the body
- Transport oxygen
- White blood cells
- Protect against disease
- Phagocytosis
- Engulf(bacteria&other pathogens)
- Red blood cells
- Solutes
- Liquid
- Blood platelets
- Help the blood to clot
- Plasma
- Transports dissolved substances around the body
- Hormones
- Antibodies
- Nutrients
- Water
- Glucose
- Amino acids
- Minerals
- Vitamins
- Waste substances
- Carbon dioxide
- Urea
- Transports dissolved substances around the body
- Cells
- Heart
- Away
- In arteries
- High pressure
- In arteries
- Return
- In veins
- Low Pressure
- In veins
- Away
- Transports materials around the body and protects against disease
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